WaveLab 4.0x
16/05/2002
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New small features
o German Online Help now available.
o AutoSplit: option to trim start/end according to existing markers.
Example of use: remove the useless audio data after a sample loop.
o Auto-Split: the functions “Split at silence” and “Cut Edges” have a new
parameter: “Automatic Level Detection”. This option reads the audio file to
find the noise floor, and later uses this value as an argument during the
splitting process itself. This option also makes the splitting algorithm almost
independent from the file level, ie. low-level audio files are handled as well
as high-level audio files.
o Auto-Split: the function “Split at beats” has a new parameter: “Maximize
level before analysis”. This option does not modify the audio material,
but it analyses a maximized form of the audio signal (peak at 0 dB) rather than
the audio signal in it’s normal level. This allows to handle equally well all
audio files, whatever their peak level. Eg. it’s a good option to handle
low-level audio files. This option makes the splitting process slower because
the files have to be read twice.
o In the general preferences, Editing tab, it is now possible to specify
what the pitch of the A3 key should be (this is normally 440 Hz). All
frequency-to-note conversions will be take into account this reference.
o Preferences, Audio Card tab: now there is a button to call the ASIO
control panel.
o If your computer doesn’t display millions of colors, you now have the
option to cancel the startup warning message.
o Wave window: the Key shortcut “Shift+C” extract the current selection to
a new edit Window. The Key shortcut “Shift+E” saves the current selection. The
Key shortcut “Shift+V” pastes the audio clipboard in Mix mode.
o Preferences, Display tab: it is now possible to display a sample range
of up to 9999 sec when opening an audio file.
o Preferences, Editing tab: it is now possible to set how VST knobs should
be adjusted (circular or linear mode). If this setting gets changed, it only
takes effect when opening new plugins.
o The Audio Card volume slider, present in WaveLab 3.0 and removed in
version 4.0, has been reintroduced. This one is only effective with MME/WDM
drivers. Note: to display this new icon, you must erase the file
WaveLab\Presets\Misc\ToolBars.set so as to reset your toolbar configuration.
o Recording, setting dialog: it is now possible to set whether you want
Audio Monitoring or not.
o Jog and Shuttle: when exiting this mode, the edit cursor now moves
automatically to the last played position. It is also now possible to insert
markers at the focused position (Insert key).
o Master Section : Global Bypass now also works for the post-master slot
(9th slot). This does not apply to the internal dither, though.
o Recording: clicking on the “Discard” button now asks for a confirmation.
o AIFF 32 bit float files are now supported.
o Audio Montage; the CD Tab is not disabled anymore if the Montage’s
sample rate is not 44100 Hz. E.g. this allows you to resample/render a 48000 Hz
montage to a CD-image with a cue-sheet, or to a Basic Audio CD.
o Backup Plan / ISO-Images: no more “OK” message is displayed after saving
an ISO Image. This is useful if you want to prepare overnight a huge backup by
generating a sequence of ISO images (archive spanned over several CDs).
o Master Section: the “active” buttons now have a more contrasted color.
o Audio Montage: in the Clip tab, there is a new function to rename a
group of clips (name + increment number)
o Audio Montage: in the Clip tab, there is a new function to align clips
on a track.
o Audio Montage: the function “Render selected clips as independent files“
now lets you select the destination folder.
o Monitor Window: it is now possible to show and hide automatically the
Monitor window when a background task is executed/finished. This is the case,
for instance, when “Background saving” is activated in the preferences (a new
feature of WaveLab 4.0). To toggle this new Monitor option, use the menu View /
Specialized Windows.
o CD burners: speed above 32x can now be selected for Audio CD burning.
o MP3 Encoding: it is now possible to encode files with a sample rate as low
as 8 kHz. It is also now possible to select a mono output even if the source
file to encode is stereo.
o When entering an UPC code, if only 12 digits are entered (US format),
then a 0 will automatically be inserted at the beginning to be compatible with the
EAN format (13 digits). Moreover, it is now possible to edit the UPC/EAN code
without opening the CD Wizard dialog: simply click on the UPC/EAN text box in
the menu bar (CD Tab of the Audio Montage).
o Batch processor: it is now possible to disable the creation of peak
files (.gpk files). This is done in the batch option menu.
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Main bug fixes.
o Q plugin: too much computer power was used when processing digital
silence.
o SD2 stereo files were not saved correctly.
o Label Designer: fixed bug with the function “Update from Audio Montage”
o When calling the batch processor from the MasterSection, the internal
dither plugin is not inserted anymore in the plugin chain if not activated.
o Custom key commands for Master Section presets did not work.
o The Broadcast Reference Time (File attributes) was not properly saved.
o The system report indicated “Windows 2000” while executed on a “Windows
XP” system.
o When doing “Save as .wav” for a MP3 file, the MP3 encoding dialog was
displayed uselessly.
o MP3 encoding dialog: to make it clearer, the MP3 option “Allow intensity
coding” has been renamed "joint stereo".
o The Return key now works again in the Wave marker dialog.
o Audio Montage: when playback occurred, it was not possible to insert
more than one marker using the marker buttons.
o NaturalVerb: the parameter “Decay” was mistakenly printed “Delay”.
o NaturalVerb: when restarting playback, a short and low-level part of the
recently played samples could be heard.
o ASIO: recording and Live Input would not work on channels other than 1
and 2.
o In some context menus, using the right mouse button could not be used to
select entries.
o FFT analyser: it was often not possible to modify the frequency scale
range.
o ASIO Recording: monitoring a mono signal could create some noise on the
right channel.
o Master Section Presets: the position of the dither plugin (eg. UV22) was
not saved with the presets.
o When saving an Audio file, a positive answer to the question “Do you
want to make a backup” had no effect.
o Master Section, Rendering dialog: with the option “Create specific
file”, the file selector box always defaulted to MP3 files.
o Renaming items in certain tree and list views would now allow to input
the C and W letters.
o Master Section Leveler plugin: it was not possible to edit the right
channel level with the keyboard.
o A few help buttons were not linked to the online help.
o AudioMontage: when burning in mode “Audio in pause”, clips fully
contained inside the first pause range were ignored.
o Windows Layout (menu View): some windows, like Wave and Montage, were
excluded by mistake.
o The inner diameter for a CD label can now be as small as 2 centimeters.
o Some AutoSplit minor problems
o AudioMontage: fix for a problem concerning clip level editing
o Audio file “Save as”: the last used format (eg. WAV, AIFF), etc) is now
remembered from call to call.
o Sample rate conversion from the menu did not shift the file markers.
o AIFF files with a sample rate of 192000 kHz were opened as 44100 Hz
files.
o Some online help topics have been corrected.
o Menus were not displayed correctly when using inverted color settings in
Windows’ display preferences (Control Panel).
o Space characters in ISRC codes were not removed before burning.
o When playing back an audio file, the cursor was not properly displayed
in the overview pane of the window, in certain cases.
o Basic Audio CDs could loose the path of mp3 files.
o There could be 1 or 2 hours of difference with reality when displaying a
file time (file browser windows).
o Record dialog: the automatic file number is now saved/restored when
closing/reopening the dialog.
o Audio Montage: with the time-code format set to 29.97 NDF, it was not
possible to set correctly the time ruler offset.
o PAF dual-mono files had a bad window title.
o MP3 decoding: WaveLab is more tolerant to mp3 files with a mistake in
their header.
o Wave edit window: pasting a selection that included mute markers did not
activate these markers.
o Audio Montage, ducking options: the parameter “Balance clip fade-out”
was ignored.
o Meters: sometimes the meters could stop while playback.
o Converting a Basic Audio CD as an Audio Montage could cause a crash if
the Basic Audio CD contained a mono audio file.
o The Master Section Key command for “Reset to 0 dB” would set the level
to 6.5 dB instead.
o MP2 files could not be open with the Qdesign codec, as it was with
WaveLab 3.0.
o Data CD burning: on certain computer setups, it was not possible to
start burning.
o Batch Processing: when processing thousands of files in a row, the speed
was much decreasing after processing a few thousand files.
o Meter windows were not restored when opening WaveLab from Cubase or by
double-clicking an associated file (eg. audio file).
o Label Editor: a problem with fonts and print preview has been fixed.
o Some other bugs, more difficult to explained, were fixed too.
18/02/2002
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When closing a modified audio window and
choosing to save the file, the file was sometimes not saved.
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A bug concerning automatic colors for audio
windows.
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Certain MP3 files could not be open.
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A graphic compatibility issue with certain
older WaveLab plugins.
13/02/2002
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Updated Online Help.
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Support for additional CDR drives
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Bug fixes:
o The Live Input could crash.
o Grabbing audio CD tracks in mono and converting to an Audio Montage did
not work properly.